The Amazing Spider-Man #579 [Variant Edition - 'Villain' - Mike McKone Cover]
(February 2009)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
thrice monthly
On-sale Date
2008-12-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated A
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606047161 57921
Editing
Stephen Wacker (editor); Tom Brennan (assistant); Tom Brevoort (executive)

Issue Notes

1:10 retailer incentive cover.
This issue is a variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1999 series) #579 [Direct Edition]. There exist further variants:

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Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike McKone
Inks
Mike McKone
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Shocker
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shocker and Awe (Table of Contents: 2)

The DB / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Unscheduled Stop Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid
Pencils
Marcos Martín
Inks
Marcos Martín
Colors
Javier Rodríguez
Letters
Virtual Calligraphy (as VC); Chris Eliopoulos
Genre
superhero
Characters
May Parker; Spider-Man; J. Jonah Jameson, Sr.; Shocker; J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Jameson
Synopsis
Spider-Man rescues a group of jurors from a subway train wreck caused by the Shocker.
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Embrace Change (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Secret Invasion / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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The Amazing Spider-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Wacker
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Letters of comment from Nathan, Jackson TN; Robbie Doughty, Paducah KY; John Durkin, Ohio; and Joseph E Toth, Pine Bush NY.

Indexer Notes

This letter column follows the final page of the Spider-Man story.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. ["The elements of manliness"]
  3. 2. Shocker and Awe
    The DB
  4. 3. Unscheduled Stop Part 2
    Spider-Man
  5. 4. ["The #1 National Bestselling Series"]
  6. 5. ["Entertainment Earth"]
  7. 6. ["Spider-Man: Web of Shadows"]
  8. 7. ["Introducing an exciting new line in crime fighting..."]
  9. 8. ["The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"]
  10. 9. ["Get Ready to Hero Up!"]
  11. 10. Embrace Change
    Secret Invasion
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    The Amazing Spider-Mail
  13. 12. ["Kick-it with a super-hero!"]
  14. 13. ["Holiday Gifts that will Make You a Hero!"]
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